mikeal/watch
Utilities for watching file trees in node.js observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5798
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1319
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1280 stars · 149 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Node.js library providing utilities for watching file and directory trees, with polling-based change detection and an EventEmitter-based monitor API. It supports filtering, ignoring dot files or unreadable directories, and callbacks for created, removed, and changed files.
Use cases
- watch a directory for file changes in node.js
- trigger a task when files change
- monitor a folder tree for created or deleted files
- ignore node_modules while watching files
- build a file-watching dev tool
When to choose
- you need a simple, dependency-light file tree watcher in Node.js
- you want an EventEmitter API for file create/remove/change events
- polling-based watching is acceptable for your use case
When to avoid
- you need high-performance, event-driven watching (prefer chokidar or fs.watch)
- you need cross-platform recursive watching with native OS events
- you need active development and frequent updates
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
file-system developer-tools developer-tools files backend cross-platform file-watching fs-watch directory-monitoring polling nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mikeal/watch · fetched 2026-08-28 · 733419648f6c
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/watch · fetched 2026-08-29 · 188cec497bb7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mikeal/watch | main | 32 |
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